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package org.camunda.bpm.model.xml.type;

import org.camunda.bpm.model.xml.Model;
import org.camunda.bpm.model.xml.ModelInstance;
import org.camunda.bpm.model.xml.instance.ModelElementInstance;
import org.camunda.bpm.model.xml.type.attribute.Attribute;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author Daniel Meyer
 *
 */
public interface ModelElementType {

  String getTypeName();

  String getTypeNamespace();

  Class<? extends ModelElementInstance> getInstanceType();

  List<Attribute<?>> getAttributes();

  ModelElementInstance newInstance(ModelInstance modelInstance);

  ModelElementType getBaseType();

  boolean isAbstract();

  Collection<ModelElementType> getExtendingTypes();

  Collection<ModelElementType> getAllExtendingTypes();

  Attribute<?> getAttribute(String attributeName);

  Model getModel();

  Collection<ModelElementInstance> getInstances(ModelInstance modelInstanceImpl);

  List<ModelElementType> getChildElementTypes();

  List<ModelElementType> getAllChildElementTypes();

}
